There is one contest where Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia are n’t beating other major places in this country. It consists in persuading people to stay.
The Census Bureau released its population estimates for each American state as of July 1, 2023 this month. The firm included a table containing the 10 regions with the largest one-year decline in population as of that time in a launch about this information.
According to this writer’s report for the Daily Caller News Foundation, Los Angeles County came in second. As of July 1, 2022, it had a community of 9, 719, 765. By July 1, 2023, that had dropped to 9, 663, 345.
This one- time reduction of 56, 420 was about half the decline in Kings County, New York, which ranked next. Kings County, which is the town of Brooklyn, saw its people fall from 2, 589, 531 to 2, 561, 225—a reduction of 28, 306.
Queens County, New York, which is the town of Queens, ranked second. Its people dropped from 2, 278, 558 to 2, 252, 196—a reduction of 26, 362.
Bronx County, New York, which is the town of the Bronx, ranked third. It dropped from 1, 381, 808 to 1, 356, 476—a reduction of 25, 332.
Cook County, Illinois, where Chicago is located, ranked second. Its people dropped from 5, 111, 566 to 5, 087, 072—a reduction of 24, 494.
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, which is the city of Philadelphia, ranked seventh. Its people dropped from 1, 566, 836 to 1, 550, 542—a reduction of 16, 294.
The other four districts ranked by the Census Bureau in the top 10 for community costs between July 2022 and July 2023 were: Orange County, California, which lost 14, 617 people, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the house of Pittsburgh, which lost 7, 780, Wayne County, Michigan, the house of Detroit, which lost 7, 773, and San Diego, California, which lost 7, 203.
It should be noted that two of the counties in New York City—New York County ( which is Manhattan ) and Richmond County ( which is Staten Island ) —did n’t have the dramatic population losses seen in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. In Richmond County, the people declined by just 671 from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023.
Although New York County did see a significant population decline in the year that ended July 1, 2021 ( when it dropped by 99, 177 ), it saw population increases in the years that ended July 1, 2022 ( 16, 488 ) and 2023 (2, 908 ).
But, why did Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Chicago, and Philadelphia all lose people?
Did it stop being pregnant there? No.
In Los Angeles County, 95, 354 babies were born in the year that ended July 1, 2023, according to the Census Bureau. At the same time, there were 73, 138 incidents. That resulted in what the company calls a “natural shift” in people of 22, 216.
Did people in Los Angeles County lose their community because they did n’t immigrate from abroad? No. In the year that ended July 1, 2023, according to the Census Bureau, “international movement” brought 40, 388 citizens to the region.
However, during that same time, Los Angeles lost 119, 037 people to “domestic movement “—people who moved from that state to somewhere else in the United States.
When you remove the 40, 388 who came to the state from international locations from the 119, 037 who left for other local spots, it results in what the Census Bureau calls a” online movement” reduction of 78, 649 for Los Angeles in the year that ended July 1, 2023.
Add in the natural change that occurred when births exceeded deaths ( 22, 216 ) and when the population lost through net migration ( 78, 649 ) is taken, and the result is 56, 433 or roughly the 56, 420 total population Los Angeles County lost, according to the Census Bureau, in the year that ended July 1, 2023.
Kings, Queens, the Bronx, and Cook and Philadelphia counties were similarly affected by negative domestic migration.
In Brooklyn ( Kings County ), births ( 31, 066 ) exceeded deaths ( 16, 892 ) in the year ending July 1, 2023, resulting in a natural increase of 14, 174. In addition, the borough saw 13, 292 residents come in through international migration. But 55, 308 left Brooklyn through domestic migration, resulting in a net migration loss of 42, 016.
There were 23, 304 babies born in Queens in the year leading up to July 1, 2023, and 15, 544 persons died —resulting in a natural change of 7, 760. International migration brought another 16, 290 to the borough. But domestic migration drew 50, 161 out of Queens, giving the borough a negative net migration of 33, 871.
In the Bronx, the number of babies born ( 16, 614 ) outnumbered the number of residents who died ( 10, 684 ), international migration brought in 10, 224 from outside the country. But then, 41, 473 migrated out of the Bronx to somewhere else in the U. S.
In Cook County, Illinois, the 53, 124 babies born in the year ending July 1, 2023, outnumbered the 43, 149 who died, international migration brought 23, 790 to the county. But 58, 105 migrated out.
In Philadelphia, 19, 208 babies were born and 14, 689 residents died, international migration brought in 7, 038, but 27, 667 migrated out.
Where did counties grow the most in population, according to the Census Bureau? Texas.
Texas is home to eight of the ten counties with the highest rate of growth as of the year’s end on July 1, 2023. The other two are located in Florida and Arizona.
Although the population of Los Angeles County declined by 56, 420, Harris County, Texas, grew by 53, 788.
Harris County was followed by Collin County, Texas ( 36, 364 ), Montgomery County, Texas ( 31, 800 ), Maricopa County, Arizona ( 30, 038 ), Polk County, Florida ( 29, 948 ), Denton County, Texas ( 29, 943 ), Fort Bend County, Texas ( 27, 859 ), Bexar County, Texas ( 27, 488 ), Tarrant County, Texas ( 27, 301 ), and Williamson County, Texas ( 24, 918 ).
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